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Title:
Urban landscape dynamics : a multi-level innovation process
Series:
Urban Europe series
Publication Information:
Aldershot : Avebury, 1993
ISBN:
9781856282031

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Summary

This volume studies the changes that have affected land morphology and use in urban areas. Part of the book is devoted to illustrating the phenomena. It provides an insight into the history of ten cities by analyzing the mechanisms that have led to the main morphological changes of the past century. The empirical study is examined through methodological reflections that trace back the implentation of the main innovations such as technological advances.


Table of Contents

Introduction
Urban Settlement Innovation: Empirical Evidence
Introduction
Lisbon
Rome
Liverpool
Thessaloniki
Aachen
Bari
Kecskemét
Tromsø
Innovation and Urban Development: Selected Items
Introduction
The influence of transport innovation on urban form
Spatial effects of "new technologies": an approach to process analysis
Spatial organization of towns at the level of the smallest urban unit: plots and buildings
Innovation and the European city centre
Changing life styles versus urban built form
The development of public space as the basis for urban life
Innovation and economic transformation of the urban waterfront: recent developments and prospects for the future